At 08:05 PM 18/08/2008 -0400, Angel Garcia wrote:
>There are some type of plastic cable tie straps on my Cinelli, that happen
>to come in yellow.
>http://bp1.blogger.com/_atrK-jBKJKY/SCBQX1B8ZpI/AAAAAAAACp0/D52jTrtzzK0/s16
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Those may well be painted. My 1977 Nishiki Landau came with such plastic cable guides. I didn't likr them because they would not hold the cable tight, but allowed it to rotate to the side, leaving scratches on the paint from road dust and grit. I eventually replaced them with the chrome cable clips. In any case, molded plastic guides like that would not work on the Bates cantiflex tubes.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada